Next up will be one of Hallock MN's two SD10s.
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These old beauties are quite nice for their age. I'm assuming the A 2 Serial Number means they were built in '62 or '72
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These sirens dodged a bullet in the fall of 2020. During a test the city had a system failure, presumably a radio issue, that resulted in the city's two SD10s and a model 2 failing to deactivate. Each siren was shut down manually before the motors recieved damage. This left Hallock with only an old model 5 atop city hall. I'm sure that old unit served the whole town just fine at one point, but now days I don't think it has enough range.
With sirens in Northern Minnesota seeing some harsh winter weather conditions, a lot of older equipment is rusting, failing, and getting replaced with new Federal Signal equipment. Around the time the Hallock ordeal occured, Karlstad, MN purchased a brand new 2001-130 to replace a rusty Sterling M-10 that was growing unreliable. That being said Hallock recieved a $35,000 estimate to replace their entire system.
Luckily the city went for a cheaper option, an $8,000 radio replacement and these old SD10s will live on for a while. But it's best to enjoy them now, as they likely won't be there forever.